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Kristina Mladenovic

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French tennis player (born 1993)

Kristina Mladenovic
Mladenovic at the2022 French Open
Native name
Kristina Mladenovic
Country (sports) France
ResidenceDubai, UAE
Born (1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (age 32)
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachDženita Mladenović
Prize moneyUS$14,095,502[1]
Singles
Career record432–409
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 10 (23 October 2017)
Current rankingNo. 378 (15 September 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2016,2021)
French OpenQF (2017)
Wimbledon3R (2015,2018)
US OpenQF (2015)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsAlt (2017)
Olympic Games2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record431–189
Career titles29
Highest rankingNo.1 (10 June 2019)
Current rankingNo. 61 (15 September 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2018,2020)
French OpenW (2016,2019,2020,2022)
WimbledonF (2014)
US OpenF (2016,2018,2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2018,2019)
Olympic Games1R (2012,2016,2021)
Mixed doubles
Career titles3
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2014,2022)
French OpenF (2013)
WimbledonW (2013)
US OpenSF (2013)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016,2021)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2019), record 25-10
Hopman CupW (2017)
Last updated on: 16 September 2025.

Kristina "Kiki"Mladenovic[a] (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a formerworld No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10.She is a nine-timeGrand Slam champion, having won the2016 and2022 French Open women's doubles titles partneringCaroline Garcia, and the2018 Australian Open,2019 and2020 French Opens and2020 Australian Open withTímea Babos.

In mixed doubles, Mladenovic won the2013 Wimbledon Championships and2014 Australian Open alongsideDaniel Nestor, and the2022 Australian Open withIvan Dodig. She has also reached a further six major finals across women's and mixed doubles. Mladenovic became world No. 1 in doubles for the first time in June 2019, and has held the top ranking for a total of 12 weeks. She has won 28 career doubles titles, including the2018 and2019 WTA Finals and four atWTA 1000 level.

Mladenovic has also enjoyed success in singles, and reached her career-high ranking of world No. 10 in October 2017. She has won oneWTA Tour singles title, at the2017 St. Petersburg Trophy, and finished runner-up on seven occasions.[2] Her best Grand Slam performance was reaching the quarterfinals at the2015 US Open and the2017 French Open.

Mladenovic has represented France in theFed Cup andBillie Jean King Cup since 2012, and was part of the team which won the competition in2019. She has also competed at theOlympic Games on three occasions.

Personal life

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Kristina Mladenovic was born inSaint-Pol-sur-Mer, in theNord department of France.[3][4] Her father is Dragan Mladenović, a former Yugoslav handball player of Serbian origin, and her mother Dženita Helić is a Serbian former volleyball player of Serbian origin. They moved to France in 1992 when Dragan was signed byDunkerque HGL.[5] All became French citizens.[6][7] Mladenovic has a brother named Luka.[5] She dated Austrian tennis playerDominic Thiem from the middle of 2017 until the couple split in November 2019.[8][9]

Career

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2006–2011: No. 1 junior ranking and early professional career

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Mladenovic started playing juniors in May 2006. In 2007, she became the European Under-14 singles champion.[5] Her biggest junior achievement was at the 2009 French Open girls' singles, where she beatDaria Gavrilova of Russia in two sets in the final.[10] Her highest junior ranking was No. 1, on 8 June 2009. She advanced to both the girls' singles and doubles finals at the 2009Wimbledon Championships, losing toNoppawan Lertcheewakarn in the singles.[11] In doubles, with partnerSilvia Njirić, lost also to Lertcheewakarn, who partnered withSally Peers.

Mladenovic began playing on theITF Women's Circuit in September 2007. On theWTA Tour, she tried to qualify forOpen Gaz de France but lost her first match toPetra Kvitová.[12]

Mladenovic turned professional in 2009, making her Grand Slam debut at that year'sAustralian Open where she received awildcard but was defeated by 14th seedPatty Schnyder.[13] In July, she qualified for thePrague Open and lost in the first round toZarina Diyas of Kazakhstan.[14][15]

At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, Mladenovic won her first match on the WTA Tour, coming back from 2–5 in the final set to win the tiebreak againstStefanie Vögele.[16]

Mladenovic played for France at the2011 Hopman Cup, partnering withNicolas Mahut.[17] France was drawn in the same group as the United States, Great Britain, and Italy. Mladenovic beatFrancesca Schiavone andLaura Robson while losing toBethanie Mattek-Sands in the singles matches. In the mixed doubles, she and Mahut won one of their three matches.

In 2011, she won her first Senior title at a $25k tournament in Sutton, defeatingMona Barthel.[18] This was followed by a win in Stockholm the following week, defeatingArantxa Rus in the final.[19]

2012: Breakthrough

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At the start of the year, Mladenovic linked up with Biljana Veselinovic but they split just before Wimbledon and since then she had been coached byThierry Ascione.[5]She claimed her first WTA Tour title of any type in Montreal when she andKlaudia Jans-Ignacik won the doubles title at the Rogers Cup.[20] Mladenovic made it through to the third round of the US Open by defeating Pavlyuchenkova.[21] At the Bell Classic in Québec, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal[22] withTatjana Malek, and won her second career doubles title.[23] Following her run, she entered the top 100 in the rankings for the first time.[24] Mladenovic won the first ever WTA 125 event, the Taipei Ladies Open, and took the doubles crown as well.[25]

2013: First Grand Slam mixed doubles title

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Mladenovic at the 2013 French Open

At theOpen GdF Suez, a Premier tournament, Mladenovic made the semifinals, including defeating Petra Kvitová. Teaming withDaniel Nestor, she made it to the final of theFrench Open in mixed doubles where they were defeated. However, she and Nestor rebounded at the mixed doubles atWimbledon, capturing her first Grand Slam title.[26]

At the 2013 US Open, she beatAnabel Medina Garrigues in the first round and then lost to the 23rd seedJamie Hampton in two sets. Mladenovic partnered up with Daniel Nestor to reach the semifinals of the mixed doubles, where they were defeated by the seventh-seeded team ofMax Mirnyi andAndrea Hlaváčková in a close three-setter.[27][28]

2014: Australian Open mixed doubles champion

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Mladenovic started 2014 off strong, capturing her second mixed-doubles title at theAustralian Open partnering again with Nestor. At theOpen GdF Suez, she defeatedAustralian Open quarterfinalistSimona Halep in the first round. PartneringDaniel Nestor she won her second major title in the mixed doubles event.

At Roland Garros, she upsetLi Na (world No. 2 and 2011 champion) in the first round, her first top-5 win. She continued her strong performance with a three-set win overAlison Riske in the second round. In the round of 32, she was beaten by eventual semifinalistAndrea Petkovic. Mladenovic opened her grass-court season inBirmingham, but lost her opening match toShahar Pe'er. She then competed in's-Hertogenbosch qualifying, managing to win a round but ultimately falling toCoCo Vandeweghe, who would go on to qualify and win the entire tournament. AtWimbledon, she drewZarina Diyas in the first round, but fell to the Kazakh in a rain delayed straight-set encounter. In the doubles draw, Mladenovic partneredTímea Babos, and reached their first Grand Slam women's doubles final, ultimately losing toSara Errani andRoberta Vinci in straight sets. She then stunned at the İstanbul Cup the third seedKlára Koukalová, but lost in the semifinals to No. 1 seedCaroline Wozniacki. Her strong run returned her to the top 100, at No. 81. At Baku, she lost in quarterfinals, losing to Francesca Schiavone in a rematch of the İstanbul Cup quarterfinals. She next competed at the Washington Open, where she stunned top seededLucie Šafářová, before defeating qualifierTaylor Townsend. She lost toKurumi Nara in the quarterfinals. Mladenovic lost in the final round of qualifying toYanina Wickmayer in Montréal, and also the first round of qualifying in Cincinnati. She played doubles in Montréal, losing in the first round with partner Tímea Babos.

2015: Top 30 and first Grand Slam quarterfinal in singles

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Mladenovic with her brother Luka at the 2015 Birmingham Classic

Mladenovic began the year losing in the second round of theAustralian Open to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. She, along with Daniel Nestor, reached the final of the mixed-doubles event. She lost in the second round of theDiamond Games in Antwerp to Lucie Šafářová.

She reached the semifinals ofMarrakesh, losing to her doubles partner Tímea Babos. She reached the singles final inStrasbourg, her first ever WTA Tour singles final, where she lost toSamantha Stosur. Her strong showing at both tournaments ensured her entry into the top 50 of the WTA singles rankings.

At theFrench Open, Mladenovic once again stunned a top-10 player in her opening match by defeating world No. 6,Eugenie Bouchard. She advanced to the third round with a victory overDanka Kovinić but lost toAlison Van Uytvanck in straight sets while fighting for a spot in the last 16.

At theRosmalen Open, Mladenovic lost to eventual finalist and good friendBelinda Bencic, despite having match points. At theBirmingham Classic, she beat Bouchard again (3–6, 6–4, 6–0), and then once again stunned a top-10 player by defeating world No. 3, Simona Halep, 2–6, 6–0, 7–6.

At theUS Open, she reached the quarterfinals with wins overSvetlana Kuznetsova,Bojana Jovanovski, lucky loserDaria Kasatkina[29] andEkaterina Makarova before losing to eventual finalist Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinals, and entered the top 30 of the WTA singles rankings for the first time in her career.

2016: French Open doubles champion

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Mladenovic at the 2016 Eastbourne International

In May, Mladenovic reached the singles semifinals of theInternationaux de Strasbourg, but lost toMirjana Lučić-Baroni.[30]

At theFrench Open, Mladenovic won her first round match against the 2010 French Open singles champion Francesca Schiavone, and defeated her former doubles partner Tímea Babos in the second. She lost in the third round to world No. 1 and defending champion,Serena Williams, in two sets, after having a set point at 9–8 in the tiebreak. Mladenovic won thedoubles event partneringCaroline Garcia, beating Ekaterina Makarova andElena Vesnina in the final. It was the first Grand Slam women's doubles crown for Garcia and Mladenovic, and they became the first all-French pair to win the French Openwomen's doubles title sinceGail Chanfreau andFrançoise Dürr in 1971.[31]In June, Mladenovic reached her second WTA Tour singles final at theRosmalen Grass Court Championships in which she lost to CoCo Vandeweghe.[32]

Mladenovic participated in the singles, doubles and mixed-doubles events of theLondon Olympics. In thewomen's singles, she was defeated in the second round byMadison Keys. In thewomen's doubles event, Mladenovic partnered Caroline Garcia, with whom she had won the French Open in June. Despite being seeded second, the French duo lost in the first round.[33] Mladenovic (she was paired withPierre-Hugues Herbert and they were seeded second) also lost in the first round of themixed-doubles event.

Mladenovic at the 2016 US Open

At theUS Open singles event, Mladenovic cleared the first round before falling toAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second, where she played one of the longest sets in tournament history (since the advent of the tiebreak in 1970), the third set running a whopping 94 minutes.[11] In doubles, Mladenovic (partnered with Garcia) reached the final, where the French team was defeated by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová.[34] This allowed Garcia and Mladenovic to qualify for theWTA Finals, becoming the second doubles team yet to do so.

Mladenovic moved on to the Asian swing, starting at theKorea Open. Seeded No. 4, Mladenovic had a surprise loss againstSara Sorribes Tormo, the 139th player in the world. Next, at theWuhan Open, she faced world No. 1,Angelique Kerber in the second round. Kerber won the match, although Mladenovic captured the first set. In doubles, Mladenovic partnered with Garcia again, and the team was seeded No. 1. Despite this, the French women lost their opening match againstChristina McHale andPeng Shuai. InBeijing, Mladenovic defeated Jelena Janković in the first round, before facing eighth seed Madison Keys. Keys won in straight sets. In doubles, Mladenovic and Garcia, once again the No. 1 seeds, made their way to the final, in which they faced Mattek-Sands and Šafářová, in a rematch of the US Open final a few weeks earlier. Mattek-Sands and Šafářová won the final in two sets.[35][36]

Mladenovic had success in singles at theHong Kong Open. An unseeded player, she reached the semifinals after defeating doubles rival Mattek-Sands in the quarterfinals. She passed No. 8 seed Daria Gavrilova to reach her second singles final of the year. She was defeated by former No. 1, Wozniacki, in the final.

Shortly before heading into theWTA Finals, Mladenovic and Garcia received the WTA Award for Best Doubles Team of the Year. During the WTA Finals, the French women defeated Julia Görges andKarolína Plíšková in the quarterfinals, but fell to Mattek-Sands and Šafářová in the semifinals.

During the2016 Fed Cup final between France and the Czech Republic, Mladenovic lost the first rubber narrowly against Karolína Plíšková 3–6, 6–4, 14–16, a match that lasted 3 hours 48 minutes. She later played doubles with Garcia in the fifth and decisive rubber against Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová, which they lost 5–7, 5–7, enabling the Czechs to win the Fed Cup for the fifth time in six years.[37]

In December, Garcia and Mladenovic were named the doublesITF World Champions of 2016. Mladenovic ended the year ranked No. 42 in singles, and tied No. 2 in doubles (with Garcia).

2017: First WTA Tour singles title and top-10 singles debut

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Mladenovic at the 2017 Citi Open

Mladenovic began the year by playing at theHopman Cup alongsideRichard Gasquet. The pair won their first tie against Germany's Andrea Petkovic andAlexander Zverev 2–1 (Mladenovic lost her singles match against Petkovic), and their second tie against Great Britain'sDan Evans and Heather Watson 3–0. In France's third Group A tie against Switzerland which would decide which team would enter the final, Mladenovic (following Gasquet's defeat toRoger Federer) defeated Belinda Bencic and triumphed with Gasquet against the Swiss pair in mixed doubles, winning the tie 2–1. In the final, Mladenovic and Gasquet faced AmericansJack Sock and CoCo Vandeweghe. Although Gasquet won his singles match and Mladenovic lost hers, the French duo won the decisive mixed-doubles match, meaning that France were the 2017 Hopman Cup champions.[38]

Mladenovic had a disappointing run at theAustralian Open in singles, losing in the first round toAna Konjuh. However, in doubles, reunited with partner Caroline Garcia, she reached the semifinals of the event, where they lost to Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai.[39]At theSt. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, Mladenovic won her first round match againstElise Mertens before upsetting reigning Australian Open finalistVenus Williams to reach the quarterfinals. She continued her fabulous form against No. 6 seed and defending champion Roberta Vinci, defeating the Italian veteran in straight sets. In the semifinals, the French woman defeated rising playerNatalia Vikhlyantseva to reach the firstWTA Premier singles final of her career. In a tense final, Mladenovic defeatedYulia Putintseva, 6–2, 6–7, 6–4 to win the first WTA Tour singles title of her career. Mladenovic became the first French woman to win a WTA Premier singles title sinceMarion Bartoli in Eastbourne in June 2011.[40] In addition, Mladenovic competed in doubles with Daria Gavrilova (this was the first time Mladenovic played with someone other than Garcia in over a year) but the pair were defeated in the semifinals.

In theFed Cup World Group quarterfinals against Switzerland, Mladenovic won her first singles match against Belinda Bencic. However, she then lost toTimea Bacsinszky in her next singles match. France lost the tie 1–4, resulting in France needing to win theFed Cup World Group Play-off tie to earn the right to play in the 2018 World Group.[41]

AtDubai, at the first Premier-5 event of the season, Mladenovic defeatedKateřina Siniaková in the first round before defeating world No. 3, Karolína Plíšková, 6–2, 6–4 in the second round.[42] She then lost toWang Qiang in the third round. Mladenovic's good form continued at theMexican Open, where she stormed past Varvara Lepchenko before winning a marathon match against Heather Watson to reach the quarterfinals, in which she defeatedKirsten Flipkens. Mladenovic then won her semifinal encounter with Christina McHale, reaching her second WTA Tour singles final of 2017.[43] Though she did end up losing toLesia Tsurenko in the final,[44] her success in February allowed Mladenovic to reach a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 26. Moreover, Mladenovic was nominated for February'sWTA Shot of the Month, WTA Breakthrough Player of the Month, andWTA Player of the Month (winning theWTA Breakthrough Player of the Month).[45]

Prior to theIndian Wells Open, Mladenovic announced that her doubles partnership with Caroline Garcia would end because Garcia wanted to focus on her singles career.[46][47] Mladenovic instead competed with Svetlana Kuznetsova in the doubles draw of Indian Wells. Meanwhile, in singles, the French woman received a bye into the second round, being seeded No. 28. She had a strong opening, defeatingAnnika Beck of Germany. In the third round, Mladenovic continued her newfound success by defeating world No. 4, Simona Halep, in straight sets, setting up an encounter withLauren Davis, which she won in straight sets as well,[48] reaching her first careerPremier Mandatory singles quarterfinals. Mladenovic continued to shine, defeating Caroline Wozniacki 3–6, 7–6, 6–2 (Mladenovic had never beaten Wozniacki in three previous encounters)[49] before losing to eventual champion Elena Vesnina in the semifinals. Her good performance at Indian Wells enabled Mladenovic to attain a career-high singles ranking of No. 18, and she became the No. 1 French woman once again (passing Caroline Garcia). She also had success with Kuznetsova in the doubles, knocking out the fifth-seeded pair of Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai in the second round before losing in the quarterfinals.[50]

At theMiami Open, Mladenovic lost her opening singles match to the Romanian qualifierPatricia Maria Țig. In doubles, playing again with Kuznetsova, she faced Hlaváčková and Peng in the quarterfinals, in a repeat of their Indian Wells encounter. This time, Hlaváčková and Peng won the match, and Mladenovic missed the opportunity to become doubles world No. 1.[51]

At thePorsche Tennis Grand Prix, Mladenovic defeated top-seed Angelique Kerber in the second round and three-time champion Maria Sharapova (who was playing her first WTA tournament after serving a 15-month suspension for failing a drug test) in the semifinals to reach her third WTA Tour singles final of the year. Against GermanwildcardLaura Siegemund (who was playing in her hometown), Mladenovic led 4–1 in the final set tiebreak but ended losing the match 1–6, 6–2, 6–7.[52][53]

Mladenovic, seeded No. 14, reached her first career Premier Mandatory singles final at theMadrid Open by defeating her doubles partner Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals. In the final, she lost to third seeded Simona Halep in three sets. On 15 May (the day after the Madrid final), Mladenovic reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 14. Seeded No. 13, Mladenovic lost her singles first round match against Julia Görges at theItalian Open.At her home Grand Slam, theFrench Open, she won her first-round match in a tight three sets against AmericanJennifer Brady. In the second round, she faced the 2012 finalist Sara Errani whom she defeated in straight sets. In the third round, she had a close match againstShelby Rogers and advanced to the fourth round, her best showing at this tournament. She defeated the fourth seed and defending champion Garbiñe Muguruza in three sets to advance to her second quarterfinal of a Grand Slam tournament in her career. She then lost to Timea Bacsinszky.[54][11]

Her form declined in the second half of the season. AtWimbledon, she lost in the singles second round, sustaining a right knee injury in the process. Over the next four months, she struggled to get back into shape again and suffered a loss of confidence. This caused Mladenovic to lose all twelve of her remaining singles matches of 2018 after winning her first-round singles match at theWashington Open (she won only two sets in those 12 singles matches) at various hard-court tournaments (including theUS Open) in North America, Asia and Europe. Arguably her worst moment came at thePan Pacific Open, where she suffered adouble bagel defeat in the first round against Wang Qiang.[55]

However, due to a consistent first half of the season which saw Mladenovic being constantly in the top eight of the Race to Singapore, she eventually broke into the top ten of the singles rankings for the first time in her career (at No. 10) on 23 October 2017, at the start of theWTA Finals. And because of big results in that half of the season, Mladenovic called the season "still the best of my career", when opening about her singles slump in the second half of the year.[56]

2018: Australian Open doubles title

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Mladenovic (right) and Tímea Babos at the 2018 Birmingham Classic

Mladenovic started her season at theBrisbane International, where she lost in the first round to the eventual singles finalistAliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets. In her next tournament, theSydney International, she retired in second set of her first-round match against the Australian wildcardEllen Perez due to heat stress.[57] At theAustralian Open, Mladenovic's poor form in singles continued, losing her first round match in straight sets to world No. 104,Ana Bogdan from Romania,[58] extending her losing streak in singles to 15 consecutive matches. Opening up about the loss, Mladenovic stated that it was not about injury anymore, that it was just a bad day and that it could not continue like that.[59] Mladenovic turned things around when she won theAustralian Open women's doubles with Tímea Babos, thus winning her second career Grand Slam women's doubles title.[60][61]

Mladenovic next played inSt. Petersburg as the defending singles champion. After receiving a first-round bye, Mladenovic showed signs of her top form and confidence which enabled her to reach four WTA singles finals in the first half of 2017 by defeating former top-5 player and2016 WTA Finals champion Dominika Cibulková in the second round, ending her 15-match losing streak in singles.[62] She then followed up her second round win by beating Kateřina Siniaková in the quarterfinals andDaria Kasatkina in the semifinals (who had beaten the 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki previously), to advance to her first WTA Tour singles final since theMadrid Open the previous year. In the final, she lost to Petra Kvitová in straight sets.[63] Mladenovic won both her singles matches and her doubles match in theFed Cup World Group quarterfinal tie againstBelgium on February 10–11. She lost her singles second round and first round matches inDoha andDubai, respectively.[citation needed]

Mladenovic losther second singles quarterfinal of the year inAcapulco to the defending champion,Lesia Tsurenko. InIndian Wells, she defeated Samantha Stosur in the second round, before losing to Wang Qiang who improved their head-to-head to 3–0.[64] In theIndian Wells doubles event, Mladenovic partnered Babos and they lost in the semifinals to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.[65] Mladenovic lost her opening singles match inMiami toPetra Martić. She lost her first-round matches in three (Lugano,Stuttgart andRome) of her next five tournaments, winning a total of three singles matches in the other two (Fed Cup World Group semifinals andMadrid).[citation needed]

At the French Open, the 29th seeded Mladenovic lost in thesingles first round to Andrea Petkovic.[66] Mladenovic and Babos were thewomen's doubles top seeds at that tournament, losing in the quarterfinals to the unseeded Japanese pair ofEri Hozumi andMakoto Ninomiya.[67] On 11 June, Mladenovic's WTA singles ranking fell to world No. 54, compared to No. 31 two weeks earlier.[68] She played her first grass-court tournament of the year inBirmingham, where she lost in the singles second round to the unseededMagdaléna Rybáriková.[69] Mladenovic and Babos won theBirmingham title defeating Elise Mertens andDemi Schuurs in the final. The following week inEastbourne, the again unseeded Mladenovic lost in the singles second round to the No. 8 seedAshleigh Barty. The unseeded Mladenovic was defeated in the third round ofWimbledon by Serena Williams in two sets, and the top-seeded pair of Mladenovic and Babos were eliminated in thequarterfinals.[citation needed]

Mladenovic lost her opening singles matches (both in straight sets) in her next two tournaments, to Tímea Babos and Victoria Azarenka inSan Jose andMontreal, respectively. Mladenovic registered her first top-10 singles win of 2018 inCincinnati when Julia Görges retired in the first round because of a calf injury.[70]

2019: French Open doubles title and world No. 1 ranking in doubles

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Mladenovic at the2019 French Open

Mladenovic and Babos were the defending champions at theAustralian Open where they lost in the final to Samantha Stosur andZhang Shuai.[71]

InDubai, Mladenovic defeated world No. 1,Naomi Osaka, in the second round[72] but lost her next match toCarla Suárez Navarro.[73] In April, Mladenovic played for France in theFed Cup semifinals. She lost her match against Simona Halep. Then, in the deciding doubles rubber, Mladenovic and Garcia defeated Halep andNiculescu.[74]

Mladenovic and Babos made the final of theFrench Open and in the process, Mladenovic became the number-one doubles player in the world.[75] In the final, they defeatedDuan Yingying andZheng Saisai and won their third Grand Slam title.[76]

Mladenovic reached the second round of theWimbledon singles, but lost to Petra Kvitová.[77] At theUS Open, she won her first-round match against three-time Grand Slam champion and 14th seed, Angelique Kerber.[78]

In the2019 Fed Cup final against Australia, Mladenovic was essential in France winning their first title since 2003, winning all three of her rubbers. First, she defeatedAjla Tomljanović 6–1, 6–1, and then upset world No. 1, Ashleigh Barty, in three sets. Finally, Mladenovic and Garcia defeated Barty and Stosur in the decisive doubles rubber, 6–4, 6–3.[79]

2020–2021: Two major titles, back to world No. 1 in doubles

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Mladenovic won two more Grand Slam doubles titles with Babos, at the2020 Australian Open and as the defending champions at the2020 French Open.

At the2021 Australian Open, Mladenovic reached the third round in singles only for the second time at this major.She reached the final of theItalian Open, partnering with Czech player Markéta Vondroušová, defeating another Czech top-ten duo, second seeds Krejčíková/Siniaková, in the quarterfinals and multiple Grand Slam doubles winner and local favorite, Sara Errani and her partnerIrina Begu, in the semifinals. With this successful run, Mladenovic regained her No. 1 doubles ranking.[80] At the same tournament, she reached the second round in singles as a lucky loser defeating top-20 ranked Belinda Bencic to take revenge over her loss at theMadrid Open.[81] She ended her 2021 season in early October citing physical and mental struggles.[82]

2022: Australian Open mixed doubles and fourth French Open titles

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Mladenovic, partneringIvan Dodig, won the mixed doubles event at theAustralian Open. It was her second career mixed-doubles title at this major having been crowned champion in 2014 withDaniel Nestor, and her eighth Grand Slam title overall.[83]

At theFrench Open, she reached the final as a wildcard pair with compatriot Caroline Garcia,[84][85] and won her fourth French Open title defeatingJessica Pegula andCoco Gauff.[86]She teamed up withKateřina Siniaková at theJasmin Open to win her 28th doubles title in October.[87]

PartneringYanina Wickmayer, she defeatedAsia Muhammad andSabrina Santamaria to win the doubles title at theKorea Open.[88]

2023-2024: French Open wildcards & out of top 250 in singles, US Open finalist in doubles

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She received wildcards for the singles main draw at the2023 French Open,[89] and the2024 French Open.

Partnering Zhang Shuai, she reached her third final in Flushing Meadows at the2024 US Open defeating en route second seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens in the first round.[90] They lost to Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko.[91]

Playing withVeronika Erjavec, Mladenovic won the doubles title at the2024 WTA 125 Cali Open, defeatingTara Würth andKatarina Zavatska in the final.[92]

Playing style

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Mladenovic employs anall-court playing style, using variety along with her baseline play to win points. Her forehand is her strongest wing, and she is capable of hitting this shot both flat, and with topspin. Her backhand is also a solid shot, and she is capable of hitting her two-hander consistently and can hit backhand winners frequently; she does tend to utilise her sliced backhand more frequently to change the pace of the rally. She possesses a powerful serve, and her height of 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) means that serve aces frequently; this is aided by the fact that her first serve peaks at 116 mph (187 km/h). However, her second serve is much weaker, and she can serve many double faults in a match; during her first round loss toEkaterina Alexandrova at2020 Palermo, Mladenovic served 20 double faults. Her doubles success in recent years has allowed her to develop a strong net game; she has begun to approach the net to finish points in singles more frequently due to her increased confidence. She uses her volleys, along with her backhand slice and drop shots, to create a lot of variety in her game. Her movement around the court is very good, considering her height and her footwork, but this can be exposed as a weakness when she needs to recover. Mladenovic's greatest weakness is her fragile mentality, as she finds it difficult to cope with pressure, committing myriad unforced errors, and can lose matches from winning positions – in her second round match at the2020 US Open, she was leading by 6–1, 5–1 againstVarvara Gracheva, holding four match points, before losing in three sets.

Endorsements

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Mladenovic wearsAdidas clothing and usesWilson rackets, specifically endorsing the Wilson Ultra range of racquets.

Career statistics

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Main article:Kristina Mladenovic career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
Australian Open1RQ3Q1Q22R1R2R3R1R1R1R1R3R1RQ30 / 116–1135%
French Open1R1R1R1R2R3R3R3RQF1R2R1R2R1R1R1R0 / 1613–1645%
WimbledonAAA1R1R1R3R1R2R3R2RNH1R1RQ1Q10 / 106–1038%
US Open1RAQ23R2R1RQF2R1R2R2R2R1RQ1Q1Q20 / 1111–1150%
Win–loss0–30–10–12–33–42–49–45–45–43–43–41–33–40–30–10–10 / 4836–4843%

Doubles

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Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
Australian OpenAAAA3R1R2R2R3RSFWFWA2R2RQF2 / 1232–1076%
French Open1R1R1R2R2RQF3R2RW3RQFWWAW2RA4 / 1538–1178%
WimbledonAAAA2R2RFSFQFQFQFSFNH1RAA3R0 / 1025–1071%
US OpenAAAA2R3R1R3RF3RFQF2R[n 1]AQFAF0 / 1124–973%
Win–loss0–10–10–11–15–46–48–48–416–311–417–317–313–00–110–22–25–26 / 48119–4075%

Notes

  1. ^Babos and Mladenovic were forced to withdraw before second-round match due to Mladenovic being in contact withBenoît Paire who was tested positive for COVID-19, despite Mladenovic being tested negative multiple times. Their walkover in the second round is not counted as loss.

Mixed doubles

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Tournament2010...20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin%
Australian OpenAAWFAAA2RAAW2R2 / 516–384%
French Open1RFQF2RSFA2RANHAAA0 / 611–665%
WimbledonAWSFQFAAAANHAAA1 / 310–283%
US OpenASF1RAAAAANHA1RA0 / 33–350%
Win–loss0–112–210–37–33–10–01–11–10–00–05–11–13 / 1740–1474%

Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2014WimbledonGrassHungaryTímea BabosItalySara Errani
ItalyRoberta Vinci		1–6, 3–6
Win2016French OpenClayFranceCaroline GarciaRussiaEkaterina Makarova
RussiaElena Vesnina		6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss2016US OpenHardFrance Caroline GarciaUnited StatesBethanie Mattek-Sands
Czech RepublicLucie Šafářová		6–2, 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win2018Australian OpenHardHungary Tímea BabosRussia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina		6–4, 6–3
Loss2018US OpenHardHungary Tímea BabosAustraliaAshleigh Barty
United StatesCoCo Vandeweghe		6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss2019Australian OpenHardHungary Tímea BabosAustraliaSamantha Stosur
ChinaZhang Shuai		3–6, 4–6
Win2019French Open(2)ClayHungary Tímea BabosChinaDuan Yingying
ChinaZheng Saisai		6–2, 6–3
Win2020Australian Open(2)HardHungary Tímea BabosChinese TaipeiHsieh Su-wei
Czech RepublicBarbora Strýcová		6–2, 6–1
Win2020French Open(3)ClayHungary Tímea BabosChileAlexa Guarachi
United StatesDesirae Krawczyk		6–4, 7–5
Win2022French Open(4)ClayFrance Caroline GarciaUnited StatesCoco Gauff
United StatesJessica Pegula		2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss2024US OpenHardChinaZhang ShuaiLatviaJeļena Ostapenko
UkraineLyudmyla Kichenok		4–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2013French OpenClayCanadaDaniel Nestor6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Win2013WimbledonGrassCanada Daniel Nestor5–7, 6–2, 8–6
Win2014Australian OpenHardCanada Daniel Nestor6–3, 6–2
Loss2015Australian OpenHardCanada Daniel Nestor4–6, 3–6
Win2022Australian Open(2)HardCroatiaIvan DodigAustraliaJaimee Fourlis
AustraliaJason Kubler		6–3, 6–4

Notes

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  1. ^French pronunciation:[kʁistinakikimladɛnɔvitʃ];Serbian:Кристина "Кики" Младеновић,romanized: Kristina "Kiki" Mladenović,pronounced[kristǐːnamlâdenoʋitɕ,–mladěː-]

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Preceded byITF Junior World Champion
2009		Succeeded by
Preceded byWTA Doubles Team of the Year
(withFranceCaroline Garcia)
2016		Succeeded by
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ITF Doubles World Champion
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